Specially trained dogs help veterans suffering from PTSD

4:50 PM,
Nov. 12, 2012

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Courier-Post

Only after returning home to a hero's welcome, to the residence of all reminiscence while in Iraq or Afghanistan, do many veterans retreat, recoiling from the touch of spouses, the support of fellow soldiers.

An estimated one in five veterans deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001 has or will develop post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. ...